Auto insurance: Downshift with caution - CNNMoney

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution CNNMoney One in seven drivers is uninsured, the Insurance Research Council says. Additionally, 20% of insured drivers buy only the minimum liability required, reports data firm ISO. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage helps with your tab if one of ...

Contractors Describe Limited Testing of Insurance Web Site - New York Times

New York Times

Contractors Describe Limited Testing of Insurance Web Site New York Times Published: October 24, 2013. WASHINGTON — Federal officials did not fully test the online health insurance marketplace until two weeks before it opened to the public on Oct. 1, contractors told Congress on Thursday. In Practice. Continuing coverage of ...

Flood insurance costs soaring for thousands of homeowners - Fortune (blog)

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Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Sticker shock and dropped insurance coverage equals stressed out consumers - KSDK

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Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies - Reuters

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a year ...

Obama officials meet with insurance CEOs - CNNMoney

Obama officials meet with insurance CEOs CNNMoney On Oct. 1, the Affordable Care Act started allowing consumers to shop and sign up for subsidized health insurance coverage. But the President's signature healthcare sign-up Web page has not been able to keep up with the traffic volume and been plagued ...

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution - CNNMoney

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution CNNMoney One in seven drivers is uninsured, the Insurance Research Council says. Additionally, 20% of insured drivers buy only the minimum liability required, reports data firm ISO. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage helps with your tab if one of ...

Contractors Describe Limited Testing of Insurance Web Site - New York Times

New York Times

Contractors Describe Limited Testing of Insurance Web Site New York Times Published: October 24, 2013. WASHINGTON — Federal officials did not fully test the online health insurance marketplace until two weeks before it opened to the public on Oct. 1, contractors told Congress on Thursday. In Practice. Continuing coverage of ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

5 Steps To Avoid Confusion When Shopping For Your Obamacare Insurance Plan - Forbes

5 Steps To Avoid Confusion When Shopping For Your Obamacare Insurance Plan Forbes You could start shopping for your new insurance plan on October 1. Bear in mind the new plans won't provide coverage until 2014. Be sure to make your first payment by December 15, 2013, so that your coverage will begin right away on January 1, 2014.

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Obamacare's health-insurance trilemma - Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)

Obamacare's health-insurance trilemma Washington Post (blog) In a new report for the liberal Center for American Progress, Topher Spiro and Jonathan Gruber quantify exactly how much lower. Spiro and Gruber find that the average individual premium in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces was projected ...

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Feds Seek Records Related To Hartford Insurance Controversy - Hartford Courant

Feds Seek Records Related To Hartford Insurance Controversy Hartford Courant Federal agents have requested all city records related to Hybrid Insurance Group as part of their grand jury investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars of missing premium payments. The subpoena served on city hall last week states that the ...

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Meet the Three New Fees that Kick in for Health Insurance for 2014 - National Review Online (blog)

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IRS hamstrung on collecting health law penalties - USA TODAY

IRS hamstrung on collecting health law penalties USA TODAY Much has been made about the fact that the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance next year is set at just $95 or 1 percent of a person's income. (That amount is set to rise substantially in subsequent years, but it will remain less than the ...

The Obamacare Ripoff: More Money for Less Insurance - Daily Beast

Daily Beast

The Obamacare Ripoff: More Money for Less Insurance Daily Beast I happen to be one of the hundreds of thousands of people whose insurance coverage was canceled for not complying with the terms of the Affordable Care Act. As a result, not only will I pay more, but I have had to divert many otherwise useful hours to ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Here's The Truth About Your 'Private' Health Insurance — It's Already A Big ... - Business Insider

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Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

The Health-Care Trilemma: How Obamacare is changing insurance premiums - Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)

The Health-Care Trilemma: How Obamacare is changing insurance premiums Washington Post (blog) In a new report for the liberal Center for American Progress, Topher Spiro and Jonathan Gruber quantify exactly how much lower. Spiro and Gruber find that the average individual premium in the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces was projected ...

Senate Democrats Struggle to Defend Health Insurance Promises - The Weekly Standard (blog)

The Weekly Standard (blog)

Senate Democrats Struggle to Defend Health Insurance Promises The Weekly Standard (blog) Johnson was, of course, referring to President Obama's pledge that Americans who like their health insurance could keep it under Obamacare, a pledge that has proven untrue for millions of Americans who are losing their current insurance policies ...

Obama administration knew millions could not keep their health insurance - NBCNews.com (blog)

NBCNews.com (blog)

Obama administration knew millions could not keep their health insurance NBCNews.com (blog) Individual insurance plans with low premiums often lack basic benefits, such as prescription drug coverage, or carry high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs. The Affordable Care Act requires all companies to offer more benefits, such as mental health ...

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Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

Cost of Flood Insurance Rises, Along With Worries - New York Times

New York Times

Cost of Flood Insurance Rises, Along With Worries New York Times In recent weeks, the hefty flood insurance rate increases brought about by a 2012 law have stoked widespread alarm and uncertainty, prompting rallies, petitions and concern among state governors. Mississippi has sued the federal government to try to ...

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Obama officials meet with insurance CEOs - CNNMoney

Obama officials meet with insurance CEOs CNNMoney On Oct. 1, the Affordable Care Act started allowing consumers to shop and sign up for subsidized health insurance coverage. But the President's signature healthcare sign-up Web page has not been able to keep up with the traffic volume and been plagued ...

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution - CNNMoney

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution CNNMoney One in seven drivers is uninsured, the Insurance Research Council says. Additionally, 20% of insured drivers buy only the minimum liability required, reports data firm ISO. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage helps with your tab if one of ...

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies - Reuters

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a year ...

Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Health insurance site is working better, feds argue - NBCNews.com

Health insurance site is working better, feds argue NBCNews.com Federal officials fought hard to protect the reputation of the Affordable Care Act on Monday, saying they're tackling the health insurance website's problems one by one after an outage at one main contractor threw the whole site offline over the weekend.

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance - NBCNews.com

NBCNews.com

Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance NBCNews.com But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years. This story has been republished here. Four ...

Evergreen faces challenges in delivering health insurance - Baltimore Sun

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John Ondrasik: Those are typos on my insurance policy, right? - Twitchy

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Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

MF Global Wins One For Fidelity Insurance Policyholders - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

MF Global Wins One For Fidelity Insurance Policyholders Mondaq News Alerts (registration) 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that these were costs "resulting directly from" a covered cause of loss, rejecting the insurance companies' direct loss defense. The decision found that coverage existed for the losses ...

Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Early retirees: Don't fear losing your health insurance - CNNMoney (press release)

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First round playoffs: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

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Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies - Reuters

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a year ...

Primary Care Physicians May Be Hard To Find By Newly Insured Patients

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act – now assured by the re-election of President Obama – is expected to result in up to 50 million currently uninsured Americans acquiring some type of health insurance coverage. But a study by researchers at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that a […]

Discrimination Against People With Low Socio-Economic Status Evident In Some Family Physicians’ Offices

Family physicians’ offices appear to discriminate against people of low socio-economic status, even when there is no economic incentive to do so under Canada’s system of publicly-funded universal health insurance, new research has shown. At the same time, these offices appear to give preference to people with chronic health conditions, according to the research led […]

Hartford Treasurer Turns Over Records In Federal Insurance Probe - Hartford Courant

Hartford Treasurer Turns Over Records In Federal Insurance Probe Hartford Courant City Treasurer Adam Cloud's office has been asked to produce documents related to a federal grand jury investigation into Hybrid Insurance Group and its embattled chief executive officer, Earl O'Garro Jr. Cloud said Monday that he was gathering records ...

Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough

A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The study, “Barriers to Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough,” is published in […]

MF Global Wins One For Fidelity Insurance Policyholders - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

MF Global Wins One For Fidelity Insurance Policyholders Mondaq News Alerts (registration) 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that these were costs "resulting directly from" a covered cause of loss, rejecting the insurance companies' direct loss defense. The decision found that coverage existed for the losses ...

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Keeping Millions Of American Women And Their Families Healthy

Women’s issues play a major role in the health of the nation and should be a key consideration for policymakers as they design and set up the new insurance exchanges, according to a report co-authored by policy experts at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The report offers a […]

Cost of Flood Insurance Rises, Along With Worries - New York Times

New York Times

Cost of Flood Insurance Rises, Along With Worries New York Times In recent weeks, the hefty flood insurance rate increases brought about by a 2012 law have stoked widespread alarm and uncertainty, prompting rallies, petitions and concern among state governors. Mississippi has sued the federal government to try to ...

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution - CNNMoney

Auto insurance: Downshift with caution CNNMoney One in seven drivers is uninsured, the Insurance Research Council says. Additionally, 20% of insured drivers buy only the minimum liability required, reports data firm ISO. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage helps with your tab if one of ...

Kaiser health insurance skyrocketed - U-T San Diego

Kaiser health insurance skyrocketed U-T San Diego In response to the letter by J.T. Gordon of Bonita (“Obamacare turned out way different,” Oct. 25), we, too, received the yearly plan info from Kaiser Permanente. As a family, we have had Kaiser as our primary health insurance provider for the past 20 ...

First round playoffs: American Family Insurance All-USA Press-Gazette Media ... - Green Bay Press Gazette

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Most Primary Care Doctors Prefer Delivering Radiology Results To Patients Themselves

The vast majority of primary care physicians prefer to deliver radiology results to their patients themselves – they say they feel medically and legally obligated by recommendations within radiology reports, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Lead author, Andrew J. Gunn, MD, explained that radiology reports are […]

Patients Should Be More Involved In Medical Decision Making

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine revealed that the level of shared decision making among adult patients who had discussed medical tests, medications and procedures with their doctors was not as high as expected. A national survey was conducted in 2011 by Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., Ph.D., from the Informed Medical […]

More ‘Activated’ Patients Had Substantially Lower Health Care Costs

When it comes to health care, patients with the motivation, knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their own health have better health outcomes and incur fewer health care costs. Those are the findings of a study led by Judith Hibbard, a professor emerita in the Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University […]

Premium Costs For Public Health Insurance Affect Coverage

Requiring individuals to pay a premium for public health insurance coverage can counteract the coverage effects of expanding eligibility for public health insurance programs to higher income families. That is the finding of a study by a team of researchers from Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies (NHS), University of California at Los […]

Terminating Medicare Consults Linked To A Rise In Total Spending

Getting rid of payments for Medicare consultations frequently billed by specialists was seen to be connected with a new increase in spending during visits to specialists as well as primary care doctors, suggests a new study examining medicare data published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Preceding 2010, Medicare costs for consultations were significantly greater than […]

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies - Reuters

Reformers hail limit on US crop insurance subsidies Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a year ...